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Incident Response Tabletop Exercise

Prepare your team with hands-on incident response exercises

Practice makes protection stronger. Our tabletop simulations walk your team through cyber incidents to see how your response processes work in action. These sessions highlight strengths, expose gaps, and give leaders confidence in their response strategies.

  • Custom-built incident scenarios designed around your environment
  • Clear understanding of team responsibilities and response flow
  • Post-exercise feedback to strengthen future readiness
Service detail

Enhance response with proven scenarios and real-time feedback

Our tabletop simulations—from incident walkthroughs to crisis response drills—are designed to challenge and refine your team’s preparedness before a real event strikes.

Test your response plan — before it matters

Custom exercises for real improvement.

Run through cyber scenarios with your actual teams and systems, so you’re ready for the real thing.

  • Built from global standards like NIST and ISO
  • Makes sure the right people act at the right time
  • Helps execs and engineers work together in a crisis
Our delivery process

Tabletop incident response exercise delivery

Each tabletop simulation is built around your actual environment, helping teams practice incident response in a realistic yet controlled scenario. We emphasise coordination, decision-making, and clear communication.
Plan and customise
Together, we define or design a scenario that aligns with your organisation’s context and confirm the objectives upfront.
Facilitate the session
Skilled facilitators lead the session, presenting incident scenarios and prompting your team to respond in real time.
Debrief and refine
We conclude with a focused debrief outlining lessons learned, maturity insights, and clear, practical steps to improve your preparedness.
Benefits

Why partner with Cythera Security

Whether it’s building cyber awareness or strengthening governance, we equip your teams to act with confidence. Cythera delivers practical, jargon-free support that gets real results.
Full-spectrum support
Access policy development, staff training, technical testing and executive reporting—all from one experienced partner.
Proven security outcomes
Backed by frontline experience and intelligence, our services help you close gaps and meet compliance requirements efficiently.
Independent advice you can trust
We act as part of your team—focused on results, not selling. From training to audit prep, we help you move forward with confidence.
What comes next

Expand your security coverage

Once the immediate issues are resolved, we help you embed security into daily operations. From regular reviews to board-level reporting, we stay engaged where it matters most.

  • Plan your next compliance or risk review
  • Get executive support through tailored reporting and coaching
  • Strengthen internal capability through custom training programs
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Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions

From risk assessment to rapid response - we’re with you every step of the way.

Can you help refine our IR plan after the exercise?

Yes. After each engagement, we deliver a clear summary, practical next steps, and an improved version of your response plan to strengthen future readiness.

How often should we test our cyber incident response plan?

Cythera advises conducting cyber response exercises yearly, or when major shifts occur in your systems, staffing or threat exposure. These exercises help ensure your team is ready for evolving challenges.

What are the benefits for my organisation to have an incident response exercise?

Simulation exercises test your organisation's preparedness - sharpening coordination across teams, identifying weak spots in response plans, and building confidence to handle real incidents with clarity and speed.

What is an incident response tabletop exercise?

A tabletop exercise runs your team through a simulated cyber incident in a no-risk environment. It's designed to test your processes, coordination and decision-making - making sure your incident response plan holds up under pressure.

Who needs to participate in cyber tabletop simulations?

We customise sessions for your organisation's size and structure, with typical participants including IT, security, communications, legal, and executive leadership teams.

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